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F-word

or f-word

[ ef-wurd ]

noun

  1. a euphemism for the word fuck : C-word, N-word, word ( def 2 ).

    The f-word came into English in the 15th century.



f-word

noun

  1. the f-word taboo.
    sometimes capital a euphemistic way of referring to the word fuck
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of F-word1

First recorded in 1955–60
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Example Sentences

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Business Insider pointed to an example of where the voice was seen saying the F-word in the game and an Epic Games spokesman told Business Insider that a fix was made to stop Darth Vader from cursing within 30 minutes of it happening in-game.

Noting that Sean Baker’s “Anora” “uses the f-word 479 times. That’s four more than the record set by Karla Sofía Gascón’s publicist.”

She became the first person ever to utter the F-word in a mainstream film, I'll Never Forget What'sisname, in 1967.

From BBC

Both men clearly perceive the possibility of a rising far-right tide — call it “national conservatism,” call it the F-word, call it whatever you like — that will sweep away the decaying ramparts of the liberal-democratic world order.

From Salon

The Instagram and Etsy ads I bought for to market my irreverent F-word holiday cards cost $50 and $70, but I didn’t make a single sale that way; I did, however, sell three batches of 10 cards to friends who saw them on Facebook for a total of $180, no paid ads required.

From Salon

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